okay so just got back and yeah the footage is incredible but man there were a few moments where i genuinely thought i was going to lose the drone. wind over there is no joke, like i knew it was going to be windy but nothing really prepares you for standing on a lava field at 7am with the thing fighting just to hold its position. had sport mode on for a bit which helped but then you lose the obstacle avoidance so thats a whole other thing to think about

biggest lesson honestly was the cold killing the batteries way faster than expected. i had hand warmers stuffed in my jacket pocket with the spare batteries which helped a lot but still had to land earlier than i wanted to on a couple flights. also airspace around reykjavik is pretty locked down so dont bother trying near the city, the app flagged basically everything within a huge radius

the battery thing in cold weather is so real, i flew in Norway last winter and same deal. i actually started keeping one battery inside my vest against my body while the other was in the drone, swapping them out before they got too cold. you lose maybe 15-20% capacity just from the temperature before you even account for wind drain

wait sport mode disables obstacle avoidance on the mini 3? i didnt know that, ive been flying mine in sport mode a fair bit. makes sense i guess but thats kind of alarming to find out secondhand lol. also jealous of the Iceland trip, the footage people get there is insane